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National Assembly
The first assembly of the French Revolution formed by the Third Estate -
Storming of the Bastille
known of as a cry of abuse of power by the Revolutionaries -
The Great Fear
A period of peasant rage to overthrow the Third Estate -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
A human civil rights document during the French Revolution -
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Legislative Assembly
Legislature that overruled the National Assembly -
Storming of the Tuileries
caused the fall of the French Monarchy -
Paris Prison Massacres
half the prison population of Paris had been executed; 1200 to 1400 of them were prisoners -
Victory at Valmy
n troops commanded by the Duke of Brunswick attempted to march on Paris. -
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National Convention
a convention of a major political party; one that nominates a candidate for the presidency -
Execution of Louis XVI
a day after being convicted the king was sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris -
Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat by Charlotte Corday
Jean Paul Marat, one of the most outspoken leaders of the French Revolution, is stabbed to death in his bath by royalist, Charlotte Corday. -
Reign of Terrors
Convention adopts a new Law of Suspects, permitting the arrest and rapid trial of anyone suspected of opposing the Revolution. Start of Reign of Terror. -
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The Directory
a five-member committee which governed France -
Bonaparte chases the Austrians from Italy
Bonaparte led his army forward into Italy. He was badly outnumbered. -
Bonaparte invades Egypt
Napoleon landed in Egypt with 400 ships and 54,000 men and invaded the country -
Bonaparte returns to France
Napoleon returns from exile on the island of Elba to Paris
